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<blockquote data-quote="Wave" data-source="post: 579889"><p>Unless you have some sort of software to auto-update it then no, it will no be automatically updated. However, the Hosts file will apply for all software running on the system, therefore it will not just block advertisements present on your web browser - the removed advertisements won't cause the page to have empty boxes everywhere, they should just be gone like they were never even on the web-page.</p><p></p><p>That being said, the Hosts file method entirely works by preventing successful connections to the hosts entered into the Hosts file, therefore there won't be any injection into the web-pages to automatically detect advertisements where the host is not in an existing database (to then hide/remove the element off the page), which is a dynamic feature that ad-blocker functionality can contain; this means that if an advertisement on a web page is tracing back to a host which is not in your Hosts file to be blocked, then it won't be blocked, simple as that.</p><p></p><p>This method is still very effective and useful though; especially if used alongside an existing extension like uBlock Origin - this way you get decent advertisement-mitigation for all other running programs (such as Skype) and also get good protection on your browser with the extension as an addition to improve the advertisement mitigation.</p><p></p><p>If you modify the Hosts file then you'll need to be using an administrative account, or have access to the password to an admin account to proceed with the UAC prompt (if it's enabled of course).</p><p></p><p>Before I end this post, I would like to say that blocking advertisements is a good idea because it will help keep you better protected (e.g. reduce chances of you becoming an affected victim of malvertising - which is essentially where an advertisement is used for malicious purposes (e.g. redirect you to a malicious drive-by download page, execute an exploit kit, etc. - however at the same time the negative is that you won't be supporting services which generate their revenue to support their services through advertising methods).</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Wave, post: 579889"] Unless you have some sort of software to auto-update it then no, it will no be automatically updated. However, the Hosts file will apply for all software running on the system, therefore it will not just block advertisements present on your web browser - the removed advertisements won't cause the page to have empty boxes everywhere, they should just be gone like they were never even on the web-page. That being said, the Hosts file method entirely works by preventing successful connections to the hosts entered into the Hosts file, therefore there won't be any injection into the web-pages to automatically detect advertisements where the host is not in an existing database (to then hide/remove the element off the page), which is a dynamic feature that ad-blocker functionality can contain; this means that if an advertisement on a web page is tracing back to a host which is not in your Hosts file to be blocked, then it won't be blocked, simple as that. This method is still very effective and useful though; especially if used alongside an existing extension like uBlock Origin - this way you get decent advertisement-mitigation for all other running programs (such as Skype) and also get good protection on your browser with the extension as an addition to improve the advertisement mitigation. If you modify the Hosts file then you'll need to be using an administrative account, or have access to the password to an admin account to proceed with the UAC prompt (if it's enabled of course). Before I end this post, I would like to say that blocking advertisements is a good idea because it will help keep you better protected (e.g. reduce chances of you becoming an affected victim of malvertising - which is essentially where an advertisement is used for malicious purposes (e.g. redirect you to a malicious drive-by download page, execute an exploit kit, etc. - however at the same time the negative is that you won't be supporting services which generate their revenue to support their services through advertising methods). [/QUOTE]
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